The South Bay Art Association, of which I am the secretary, met last night. We try to have some activity or demo for our members several times a year. Last night there was an interactive demo on creating a design in poured acrylic resin.
Basically the glass was glued to the picture frame itself so that the resin wouldn't leak out when it was poured on the front of the glass. The frame glass was coated with a layer of the resin. We were provided with assorted silk flowers and objects that could be arranged into a design in the resin. One of the ladies at my table brought along some fresh herbs (tarragon, rosemary and thyme) to also use in our designs. Once the design was complete we poured the remaining resin over the objects, some of which were sticking up out of the resin making the design 3-D. It was really amazing at the end of the activity to see 24 completely unique designs from basically the same materials. Here is mine.
Here are photos of a few other pieces.
Oh, that looks like fun. Yours is beautiful. Congrats on a good night!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Jo. It was fun to do something different for a change.
DeleteAn interesting way to spend the evening and I bet everyone had fun. Super work Joan
ReplyDeleteVal, it seemed like everyone had fun! Thanks!
DeleteIt's always fun doing something different. Nice design on yours. For how long will the resin protect them?
ReplyDeleteTake care!
The resin hardens like stone, so it should last a long time. Thank you!
DeleteThis is definitely different, Joan. I love it. It looks like a fun project.
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